Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Bridging Physical and Logical Security

OK, so I secured the applications but who walked into the building???


Why do I care?

  • Same old reasons Audit & Compliance – Difficult to obtain

  • Legal mandates (FDA, DEA, SOX, SAS70 etc..)

  • Cardholder Access Rights and Global visit records

  • duplicate records, not accepted by auditors - Multiple records in multiple Physical Access Control Systems (PACS)

  • Ghost & Orphan accounts

  • Managing “PACS & Access Changes” is Complex & Costly

  • High Operational Cost - multiple manual processes

  • Card Issue, Card De-activation, Lost or Stolen card

  • Temporary cards, Visitor management

  • New Hire, Termination, Changes in Role, Title, Department, Location, etc…

  • Time & Attendance, Asset Check in/Check-out, etc.

  • Multiple Silos of Physical Access Control Systems (PACS)

  • Configurations in PACS are all different

  • Different Door names, Access Privileges, Clearances,

  • Concept of Global “Role or Groups” missing across PACS

  • No Self-Service Console, No Global Administration

  • Manually Driven & Error Prone process increases Cost


Not convinced yet? Here are the metrics...

  • ROI Calculator Based on a large multinational organization

    • Current system cost: > $25yr per person on maintenance

    • Porting cost for acquisitions: > $35/yr per person

  • Result: Over $20MM in savings, ROI in under 1 year!


But that is just on the physical security. Complexity costs, simplicity saves!


To learn more about this solution please check out their site:

http://www.quantumsecure.com/



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